while lady ##smith was relieved . disease began to take its toll and scores of men died . still the advance continued , with the drive to pretoria in may including more than 3 @ , @ 000 australians . johannesburg fell on 30 may , and the boer ##s withdrew from pretoria on 3 june . the new south wales mounted rifles and western australians saw action again at diamond hill on 12 june . ma ##fe ##king was relieved on 17 may . following the defeat of the af ##rika ##ner republics still the boer ##s held out , forming small commando units and conducting a campaign of guerrilla warfare to disrupt british troop movements and lines of supply . this new phase of resistance led
while ladysmith was relieved. disease began to take its toll and scores of men died. still the advance continued, with the drive to pretoria in may including more than 3 @, @ 000 australians. johannesburg fell on 30 may, and the boers withdrew from pretoria on 3 june. the new south wales mounted rifles and western australians saw action again at diamond hill on 12 june. mafeking was relieved on 17 may. following the defeat of the afrikaner republics still the boers held out, forming small commando units and conducting a campaign of guerrilla warfare to disrupt british troop movements and lines of supply. this new phase of resistance led